Indication and benefit assessment of hearing devices: Which test conditions do we need? (C04)

• Subject Area: Acoustics
• Term: since 2018
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 352015383

By applying the subject-in-the-loop framework of the CRC, project C4 aims at personalizing hearing devic-es and therefore at increasing the individual benefit and rehabilitation success from their usage. We con-sider the ecological validity of laboratory or virtual environments representative for real life and develop and validate fitting procedures that go beyond “classical” acoustic speech recognition and quality assess-ment tests, e.g., by including realistic speech communication and more patient-centered tasks. Hence, we will make the methods, models, and insights from the CRC available to the practically important application of hearing aid assessment and fitting for the future.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1330: Hearing acoustics: Perceptual principles, Algorithms and Applications (HAPPAA)
• Applicant Institution: Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Birger Kollmeier; Dr. Kirsten Carola Wagener